Combined fence-wire reel and straightener



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COMBINED FENCE-WIRE REEL AND STRAIGHTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,476, dated June 23,1896.

Application filed March 25, 1896.

T0 00% whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE II. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norwalk,in the county of I-Iuron and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Fence-TireReel and Straightener; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appe'rtains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to combined fencewire reels and straighteners.

The object of my invention is to produce an inexpensive reel that, byits construction, will straighten plain fence-wire coiled thereon,simultaneously with its withdrawal therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of oneof my combined fence-wire reels and straighteners. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the base; Fig. 3, a plan view of the straightener, and Fig. 4 an endview of the last-mentioned device.

Similar letters and figures of reference, where they occur, denote likeparts in all the views.

A refers to a base, which consists of two pieces of plank halvedtogether with a bolt or pivot hole a therethrough, and having threeshort portions a and a long portion or extension a, the latter having ashort post a mounted on the end thereof.

13 represents a wire straightener, which consists of duplicate spacedplates 6, each provided near one of its edges and a distance from eitherend thereof with a hole 1, and having substantially in alinementtherewith a central hole 2, and further provided with a central slot 3,adjacent to the opposite edge thereof. A number of small metal wheelsbpreferably three-eacl1 provided with a peripheral groove 5 and a hub orcentral opening 19, which wheels 1') are triangularly placed between thespaced plates b, two of which are secured in place therein by means ofrivets or small bolts b, passing through the coinciding holes 1 and thehub-opening 19 thereof, while the remaining wheel I) is an no. 584,791.(No model.)

adjustably secured in place by means of a small bolt 6, passing throughthe coinciding slots 3 and the hub-opening b, whereby the straightenermay be adjusted to accommodate different sizes of wire, and which whenin operative position is adj ustably secured to the top of the post a,found on the end of the extension a of the base A, by means of a smallbolt b and the coinciding central holes 2 thereof, whereby the saidstraightener may be made to accommodate the wire while being drawntangentially off the reel therethrough.

0 represents the upper portion of the reel, made in the usual mannerwith upwardlyextended arms 0, for holding the wire thereon.

D refers to a pivot around which the portion 0 revolves and which passesthrough and is held in place by the hole a in the base A, abovedescribed.

I am aware that neither wire-reels nor wirestraighteners, as independentdevices, are entirely new. In practice the trouble comes from want ofsuitable means or opportunity in trying to so place and secure suchseparate devices in juxtaposition that the straightener may tangentiallytake the wire simultane ously with its withdrawal from the reel.

It is evident that the reel and straightener must be in alinement and inclose proximity and work as a unit, or the wire will turn and twist andbe difficult to straighten.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combinationof the reel and the cross-shaped base having an extension and the shortpost mounted thereon, with the wire-straightener pivotally mounted onthe post, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the reel 0 having arms 0 for holding the wirethereon, the base having an extension a and the short post a mounted onthe end thereof, with the wire straightener B having grooved wheels I)trian gularly disposed therein, adj ustably mounted on the post,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix-my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

GEORGE H. MILLER.

WVitnesses i V A. B. BOWEN, F. HALBEISEN.

